Structural Timber Theatre - Masterclasses

Timber is fundamentally important to offsite construction and is one of the leading mainstream, renewable and low-carbon building materials. Structural timber has advanced in recent years to become a popular way to construct all types of buildings. Throughout this session, you will hear our industry experts present on several engineered solid wood systems including: cross laminated timber (CLT) and glulam, structural Insulated panels (SIPS) and associated open and closed timber frame panel systems.

Day 1 - 05/03/2019

Session 1: Housing

This Housing sessions brings together technology leaders to discuss the growing opportunities that the housing shortage presents for offsite construction.

Chaired by: Christiane Lellig, Wood for Good


Valerie Owen Swan Housing Group		Stewart Dalgarno Stewart Milne Timber Systems		Wayne Yeomans B&K Structures

Session 2: Education

The Education session creates a platform for construction clients, architects, engineers and contractors to come together and discuss the latest offsite solutions across the education sector.

Chaired by:Richard Crosby, Director - Blacc Consulting


Paul Younger Hewitt Studios		Toby Ronalds Eckersley O'Callaghan		Maria Joao Reis Maccreanor Lavington

Session 3: Education

The Education session creates a platform for construction clients, architects, engineers and contractors to come together and discuss the latest offsite solutions across the education sector.

Chaired by: Richard Crosby, Director - Blacc Consulting


Patrick Usborne dRMM Architects		Kay Hartmann KLH UK		Peter Blunt Innovare Systems

Session 4: Invitation Only Session by the Structural Timber Association

Day 2 - 06/03/2019

Session 5: Housing

This Housing sessions brings together technology leaders to discuss the growing opportunities that the housing shortage presents for offsite construction.

Chaired by: Nick Milestone, TRADA


		Alex Lynes & Maria Smith Webb Yates		Auram Desforges Elliott Wood

Session 6: Housing - Custom and Self Build

This session will explore the best custom-built properties on an individual or small community basis. The case studies will focus on buildings that comprise of timber in a fundamental structural way – timber frame, SIPS or solid wood – and display high levels of technical skill, using timber effectively as an aesthetic, sustainable, energy efficient and reliable way to build a ‘dream home’.

Chaired by: Christiane Lellig - Wood for Good


Simon Orrells Frame Technologies		Bill Treves Streif UK		Bryan Woodley Val-U-Therm

Session 7: Commercial

This session aims to showcase the best examples of how the industry experts have helped clients to achieve their corporate vision, whilst demonstrating how cost-predictability, economy, accuracy, transportability, speed of installation and principles of lean manufacture have been achieved.

Chaired by: Darren Richards, Managing Director - Cogent Consulting


Kelly Harrison Heyne Tillett Steel		Tom Westwood Waugh Thistleton		John Spittle Wiehag GmbH

Session 8: Policy

Chaired by: Helen Hewitt, CEO - BWF


Andrew Carpenter Structural Timber Association		Tim Snelson Arup		Nic Clark KLH UK

Day 3 - 07/03/2019

Session 9: Housing

This Housing sessions brings together technology leaders to discuss the growing opportunities that the housing shortage presents for offsite construction.

Chaired by: Andrew Carpenter, CEO - Structural Timber Association


Eoin McCooey & Gareth Mason Eurban & Stora Enso		Fergus Knox Knox Bhavan Architects		Gavin White Ramboll

Session 10: Retail and Leisure

This session aims to explore how the application of offsite construction has delivered sustainable, energy efficient and cost-effective contemporary buildings that meet the brief of not only the client, but the increasingly demanding consumers.

Chaired by: Andrew Carpenter, CEO - Structural Timber Association